New Excise Policy will minimise corruption, provide fair competition, Delhi Govt. tells High Court
The Hindu
The policy, which divides Delhi into 32 zones and leaves only 16 players eligible for the trade, is giving rise to fear of monopoly
Delhi government on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that its new Excise Policy 2021-22 aims at minimising corruption and providing fair competition in liquor trade and that all apprehensions against it were only fanciful. The AAP government also said that there was full-scale assault on it on the issue and that a reply would be filed to make its stand clear. Several petitions have been filed challenging the new Excise Policy before the high court which had earlier refused to pass any stay order. When the fresh pleas came up for hearing on Thursday, a Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice and sought reply from Delhi government and Central government.
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